Chapter 147 Sun Ce plots Jiangdong
“Retreat the troops.”
Sun Ce unexpectedly spoke: “Guangling can’t be taken. If we struggle here, we will only lose our troops and generals, and only allow Liu Yao to gain power. "
Sun Ce stood up, walked to Yang Hong, and said to him seriously: "We have already captured Jiangdu, and Qiaozi's army has gathered in Liyang. In this case, why don't we follow suit? Jiangdu secretly withdrew his troops, sneaked across the river, and attacked Niuzhu from behind. He asked Zisheng to send troops from the front and attack from both sides to defeat Liu Yao. "
"Isn't this better than fighting against Guangling? "
When Sun Ce just shouted to retreat, Yang Hong instinctively wanted to scold him.
But as Sun Ce’s follow-up plan came out, everyone present fell into deep thought.
Without him, Gein Sun Ce’s plan is indeed feasible, and based on their analysis and judgment, the possibility of success is not small.
Originally, the so-called harmony between Yuan Shu and Liu Yao was just playing the tacit understanding card, and there was no real agreement.
Even if Liu Yao were attacked, it would not be considered a betrayal of the alliance.
Moreover, Sun Ce knew very well that Guangling was a fortified city that was difficult to conquer, and as long as Jiangdong broke through the Jiang defense, it would be an egg with a broken shell, and he could eat it as he wanted.
Sun Ce’s proposal made everyone present feel excited.
Especially Qiao Rui.
Although Qiao Rui is a general appointed by Yuan Shu personally, commanding 20,000 troops, he is the strongest among the generals present.
But he is actually Sun Ce’s fanboy and admirer.
In the early years, when Sun Ce first went to Yuan Shu, Qiao Rui, Zhang Xun and others became good friends with Sun Ce and respected him very much.
After the attack on Lujiang, Qiao Rui also willingly surrendered his status and followed Sun Ce's side to obey his orders.
It can be said that Qiao Rui is morally loyal to Yuan Shu, but she is conquered by Sun Ce's charm.
Now that his idol has come up with such a backup plan that is obviously much better than the original plan, Qiao Rui is the first to support it.
Unfortunately, before coming this time, Yuan Shu Qian warned him not to make his own decisions and to obey the orders of Chief Shi Yang Hong, otherwise he would have spoken out to support Sun Ce.
Wu Jing and Sun Ben on the side were also moved. After all, no one wanted to use their elites to fill the ditches in Guangling.
Yang Hong looked at Qiao Rui, then at Wu Jing and Sun Bi, and finally chose to take a step back: "I will report this matter, but you still need to follow orders and send troops to Guangling first. , otherwise military law will be engaged."
It was impossible for Yang Hong to immediately agree to Sun Ce's proposal. Now, although he still insists on asking Sun Ce and others to send troops, he has agreed to report Sun Ce's new plan to Yuan Shu, which has exceeded his expectations. Sun Ce's minimum requirement is to obey orders.
At this time, Jiangdu had gathered a total of 35,000 troops, including 6,000 troops from Wu Jing's tribe, 8,000 troops from Sun Bi's tribe, 6,000 troops from Sun Ce's tribe, and 15,000 troops from Yuan Shu's headquarters led by Qiao Rui. Thousands of people.
Then the generals agreed to leave 5,000 troops and horses of the headquarters to garrison Jiangdu and transport grain and fodder, and the remaining 30,000 troops to prepare for three days before sending troops to Guangling.
If there is a chance to capture Guangling, I will go all out.
Yang Hong then returned with satisfaction and returned to life. At the same time, he brought Sun Ce's plan back to Yuan Shu and asked him to make a decision.
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On Liu Bei's side, Liu Feng hesitated for a long time, and finally confessed to Liu Bei honestly.
“You mean, there is a secret passage leading directly to Jiangdu?”
After Liu Bei and Liu Ye heard this, they were overjoyed at first, but then their expressions changed.
Liu Ye naturally advised Liu Bei: "Ming Gong, this is a God-given opportunity. In this way, the young master can defeat Yuan Shu's army alone on the southern front. In this way, the lord can support Chen Gong to return. Pei Guo takes office. "
Liu Ye's idea is of course very beautiful. Liu Feng will defend Guangling City on the Guangling side and send another army to attack Jiangdu. This will directly steal Yuan Shu's army's retreat. If Yuan Shu's army retreats towards Tangyi by land, it will inevitably lose troops and generals. More importantly, there will be no chance to attack Guangling again in the short term.
Because the loss of Jiangdu means that Yuan Shujun lost the river supply line.
If we rely purely on land for supply, not only will the consumption be three to five times that of water, but a large amount of manpower will also be used for transportation. And now it is the time of summer harvest. If farmers are mobilized to transport baggage at this time, how will Yuan Shujun's army rely on him for food in the second half of the year.
Once Yuan Shu's army is defeated, although Tangyi is a retreat, it will definitely be untenable.
Because Tangyi could not support the food supply for tens of thousands of troops, Yuan Shu's army had no choice but to retreat to Jiujiang County.
In this way, Guangling and Dongcheng can be like two pliers, locking the main force of Yuan Shu's army so that it cannot move freely.
Once Yuan Shu is unable to interfere in the north, Liu Bei will have enough time and energy to make a big fuss in Lu and Pei.
But Liu Bei thought differently.
Although the territories of Lu and Pei were attractive, they were not as high as his precious son.
After Liu Bei thought about it seriously, he solemnly said to Liu Feng: "This is not allowed, as a father."
"Father?"
Although Liu Feng used a question, he had already expected it in his heart.
“You only have 8,000 troops in total. How can you separate your army and attack Jiangdu?”
Liu Bei continued with a calm face: "Even if I ask Guo Rang to allocate two thousand people to you, it is too risky. If the Jiangdu army fails, it is likely that they will not be able to return to Guangling and will have to turn back to Gaoyou. By then, Yuan Shu will An army of tens of thousands can besiege Guangling with all its strength. You only have a few thousand troops, and the city is newly attached. If something goes wrong, what will you do as a father?"
"I will definitely not allow this? , You don’t need to persuade me anymore.”
Liu Bei blocked the conversation directly, saying that there was no need to talk.
Liu Feng completely let go.
He did originally think about killing first and then showing off, but what happened last time had already made Liu Bei very angry. If he continues to kill first and then show off this time, if he angers Liu Bei and is banned from Tancheng, then things will be very serious. Worse.
Moreover, this time is not a life-or-death moment, and Liu Bei's main force is not here. Even if Yuan Shujun is defeated, he will not be able to injure his opponent.
Liu Ye also thought of this, and it was reasonable for Liu Bei to worry about his son, so he naturally stopped persuading him.
However, Liu Bei had no intention from beginning to end of letting Liu Feng stay in Gaoyou or return to Tancheng.
It would be okay if he didn't come out at the beginning. At this time, all his generals went to Guangling and Liu Feng ran away. What does this look like? It is naturally impossible.
Liu Feng had obviously been obedient, but Liu Bei was still worried. He approached him and said fiercely: "If you dare to act before you hear again this time, I will make your butt bloom!"
Liu Feng had no choice but to make repeated promises with a grimace, and then Liu Bei let him go.
After the discussion, Liu Bei and Liu Feng said goodbye.
Liu Bei turned back with his troops and went to Pengcheng Kingdom to find Guo Gong. Liu Feng also rushed to Guangling anxiously. Fortunately, the distance back and forth was not far and it was by water, not to mention Yuan Shu's army was acting abnormally. Slow down.
Even on the day Liu Feng returned to Guangling, Yang Hong had not yet arrived in Jiangdu.
After Liu Feng returned to Guangling, he immediately held an emergency meeting.
Not only Zhao Yun, Taishi Ci, Xu Sheng, Pan Zhang, Zhou Tai, and Jiang Qin all attended the meeting, but even the Li brothers were invited.
First of all, we have to tell everyone that the original plan has changed and Liu Bei will not be coming, at least not in the short term.
In the next two months, they must defend Guangling on their own.
The Li brothers are a little suspicious about this.
This is normal. What Liu Ye told them at that time was that the Xuzhou Army's tens of thousands of troops were heading south. In the minds of the Li brothers, they could easily repel Yuan Shu's army.
Now that Liu Bei's army is gone, and even Liu Ye who was in contact with them is missing, it's normal to have doubts in your heart.
So Liu Feng immediately explained Liu Ye’s problem.
Liu Ye was originally the main force in Liu Bei's southern expedition. Previously, he just happened to be out on an envoy mission. By chance, he entered Guangling first, incited the Li brothers to rebel, and mutinied and robbed Guangling County.
This operation was outside of the original plan, so the position that Liu Ye should have been at was beside Liu Bei, not Guangling City.
But since he was already in Guangling at this moment , then Liu Bei simply appointed Liu Ye to temporarily act as the agent for the affairs in Guangling City. After Liu Bei arrived in Guangling, he happened to return to the team and returned to serve as a staff officer, which also saved Liu Ye from running back and forth.
But after Chen Yi suddenly asked for help, Liu Ye had to return to the team early.
Because Liu Bei needs such a counselor to provide him with tactical analysis and decision-making.
So Liu Bei simply asked Liu Ye and Liu Feng to go to Gaoyou to meet up. After the discussion, the outcome would be decided. If Chen Yi is ignored and Liu Bei continues to go south, then Liu Ye can continue to return and wait for Liu Bei in Guangling.
But if you choose to support Chen Yi, then as Liu Ye joins the army, he will definitely have to go north with Liu Bei, and he will not return to Guangling.
As for Guangling's affairs, Liu Feng must handle them on his behalf.
From this point of view, the Xuzhou Army still has too few talents, especially staff-type talents.
Liu Feng just bundled Liu Ye's problem with the problem of his father coming to help, and explained it to the Li brothers.
"Two uncles, please relax. My father received a request for help from Chen Yi, the Prime Minister of the State of Lu, and hereby went to the State of Lu. Mr. Ziyang was appointed by my father to join the army. Since the army is going north, When going to Pengcheng, Mr. Ziyang naturally had to accompany the army, so he never returned to Guangling."
When Liu Feng said this, he paused and waited for the Li brothers to make an impression before continuing. : "Chen Guoxiang is the sole and important minister of the late emperor, and the legitimate son of Chen Fan and Chen Gong, a model in the world."
"Ah!"
Li Luo and Li Zhang suddenly screamed. For local powerful people like them, the name Chen Fan was too shocking.
They grew up hearing this name when they were young.
Not to mention the Li family, even the Yuan Sui family was far behind the Chen family at that time.
Aren’t the Runan Yuan family and the Hongnong Yang family powerful enough?
The No. 1 and No. 2 surnames in the world, but in front of Chen Fan, he still acted like his younger brother.
Not everyone has the ability to be pampered by Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty like a treasure. He hides when he draws his sword and gives way when he sheathes it.
Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty carried out the first party imprisonment, killing everyone, arresting everyone, imprisoning everyone for life, and abolishing his family background. There were a lot of people from the Yuan, Yang, and Xun families who could face him. Regarding Chen Fan, who took the lead, Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty did not even allow him to resign, and still allowed him to remain firmly in the position of the Third Duke.
Later, under Chen Fan's persuasion, Emperor Huan of Han began to loosen his attitude. First, he used the method of universal amnesty to pardon those imperial students who had been imprisoned for life and restored their status. Some senior officials who were dismissed at that time were recruited and brought back to the center.
This contains Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty's trust and appreciation for Chen Fan, but it also reveals Chen Fan's lofty status in the hearts of scholars.
Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty was a very skillful and capable emperor. He clearly understood that as long as he did not touch Chen Fan, the scholars would not take risks.
As long as Chen Fan is still the Third Duke, the scholars will feel that they can rely on Chen Fan to make a comeback in the court.
This is one of the reasons why Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty withstood the pressure and instigation of the eunuch group and always tolerated Chen Fan.
Originally, with the tacit cooperation between Chen Fan and Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty, the rift between the nobles and the imperial power was mended, but Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty suddenly became ill. He passed away half a year later, and it was also Chen Fan's death. Unlucky.
Li Luo and Li Zhang are the same age. They have heard of idol figures when they were young, and they are very popular.
As soon as they heard that Chen Yi was Chen Fan's son, they immediately shared the same hatred and denounced Guo Gong's misdeeds and oppression of loyal ministers.
This is a righteous act by Liu Shijun!
Must express support.
Li Luo and Li Zhang also took the initiative to donate the grain stored in the clan to support the army to aid Lu.
Liu Feng naturally declined, and then continued to introduce the strategic layout.
Tian Yu has 4,000 men stationed in Gaoyou and Ping'an. The main force must be in Gaoyou. Later, Jiang Qin will return to Gaoyou with ships, large and small, as well as thousands of sailors and 500 navy troops.
These ships are large ships and cannot enter Jiangdu. If they are left alone, they will easily be eaten by Yuan Shu's army. It is better to return to Gaoyou directly and increase Gaoyou's strength and mobility.
Zhou Taize led the remaining 500 naval troops into the city to join the battle.
The main force in the city is Zhao Yun's 4,000 people, Xu Sheng's 2,000 people, Taishi Ci's 1,000 people, Qianzhao's 1,000 people, Zhou Tai's 500 people, and Guangling County's 1,500 people, a total of 10,000 people.
After the first battle, Xu Sheng's troops suffered some casualties, but they were generally fine.
With ten thousand people defending the city, the food in the city would be enough for half a year. As long as there are no internal problems, they cannot lose no matter what.
In addition, Liu Feng also wiped Liu Ye's butt.
During the previous night battle in Guangling City, Liu Ye promised extremely generous rewards in order to stimulate the fighting spirit and morale of the Li family tribe and the soldiers of Guangling County.
It was just that they were defeated at that time. If the Xuzhou Army had not come to the rescue in time, Guangling County would have been lost long ago.
But judging from the results, Guangling County finally belonged to the Xuzhou Army, which could be regarded as fulfilling Liu Ye's request at the time.
This was suddenly a problem.
Including Li Luo and Li Zhang, they did not want to give up such a generous reward easily.
You must know that what Liu Ye said at that time was to open the Guangling treasury and distribute it all to the soldiers.
Now taking stock, there are about 8 million yuan in goods in Guangling's treasury. This money is needed to maintain the operation of the state capital, as well as the expenses of some government projects in Guangling County.
This is quite embarrassing.
If all the rewards were given to the local soldiers and horses in Guangling, the Xuzhou army would definitely not accept it. If they refused to reward them, they would have broken their trust with the Guangling soldiers, and secondly they would have been sorry for the bloody battles of these soldiers.
In the end, Liu Feng decided to distribute the money. If he wanted to distribute it, he would simply distribute as much as he could. All the eight million yuan in the treasury shone without leaving a penny.
After all, even if you just leave a penny, you are living up to your words.
It’s just that the objects of distribution need to be greatly expanded.
In addition to the Guangling County soldiers, the Xuzhou Army also wants to pay.
The final reward plan was drawn up, and each of the soldiers would be given five hundred coins.
For the soldiers who participated in the battle that night, regardless of the Guangling County soldiers and the Xuzhou Army, all the rewards were doubled, and the rewards for the casualties were doubled again.
As a result, the only ones fighting that night were more than a thousand tribesmen from the Li family and their in-laws and a few county soldiers.
The only ones who participated in the bloody battle that day were Tai Shici's fifty cavalry and Pan Zhang's two hundred-man Rushan camp.
All these people were added together, and the reward happened to be about eight million yuan. Of the remaining two hundred thousand yuan, half was given to the county officials and Guangling county officials in Guangling City. The reward was given, and the rest was used to buy wine and meat, and a banquet was held for the three armies.
Liu Feng once mentioned this matter to Liu Bei. Liu Bei was indeed very heroic. As long as he had it, he would never be stingy with his subordinates.
Liu Bei didn't care about these possessions at all at that time. He was a person who didn't care about possessions.
What's more, compared with Guangling, what are these goods?
What’s even better is that if Guangling is captured by Yuan Shu, then not all of the money will become Yuan Shu’s treasury.
Liu Bei directly gave Liu Feng the authority and asked him to just watch and deal with it, which moved Liu Ye who was listening on the sidelines.
In the end, Liu Bei did not forget to comfort Liu Ye and told him not to worry. Liu Feng would naturally handle the matter.
After Liu Feng proposed this reward plan, the entire Guangling County was excited.
The Xuzhou Army had already been given rewards because the war had not even started yet. This was like pie in the sky, and only 500 coins were given to each man, which was more than the last time he conquered Zang Ba. Want more.
The local county soldiers in Guangling were also quite satisfied. They just felt that Liu Bei was so righteous that he was actually willing to give money.
You must know that the soldiers of Guangling County and the Li family are actually quite embarrassed. They know that they were so embarrassed in the Guangling night battle that they were completely defeated.
If it hadn't been for the Xuzhou Army's galloping reinforcements from behind, they would have been driven out of Guangling City long ago.
But even so, Liu Shijun is willing to fulfill his promise and distribute rewards. He is really a wise king.
Even the county officials became more fond of Xuzhou Army and Liu Shijun because of the reward, and they became more diligent in their work.
In this way, all the treasures in the treasury will indeed shine, just as promised.
At the same time, both the Xuzhou army, the local soldiers and horses in Guangling, and the local county magistrates all felt that they had made a profit, and it turned out to be a happy result for everyone. This was something Liu Feng did not expect when he formulated the reward plan. of.
Suddenly, the morale of the Xuzhou Army, including the local soldiers and horses in Guangling, was greatly boosted, and the relationship between them became harmonious.
After handling these matters, the only question left is whether to destroy the summer grain that is about to mature outside the city.
(End of this chapter)